Group calls for harmonious executive-legislature relationship

THE Buhari Media Support Group (BMSG) has advised the executive and the legislative arms of government to avoid disagreements, rancour and controversies that can undermine the realisation of the electoral promises of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).

BMSG said in a statement that it is only a harmonious working relationship between the two arms of government that would create the enabling environment and momentum needed for the APC to live up to its promise of moving Nigeria to the next level of growth and development.

The statement, which was signed by the Acting Chairman, Hon. Austin Braimoh, and the Secretary, Chief Cassidy Madueke, said: “We strongly believe that the overwhelming pan-Nigeria mandate the APC secured in 2015 was a vote of confidence in the capacity of the party to eschew the rancour that bedevilled governments of the past.

“The outward show of belligerence against the executive by a National Assembly that is populated by majority of APC members continues to send confusing signals to majority of Nigerians. Since the APC is in control of the executive and legislature, it was taken for granted that the two arms of government would understand that they have the clear mandate of facilitating and institutionalising the ‘change’ agenda, not only in form, but also in deeds in the Nigerian social, political and economic spheres.”

The group said there is need for a new culture of harmonious relationship between the different arms of government in the concerted effort to achieve new advances for Nigerians in all spheres of existence.

It called on all officers in both the executive and legislative arms of government to close ranks for the good of the masses, saying they look up to them daily as agents of change.

The statement added: “The change mantra can only be achieved by consensus-building and a deliberate commitment to sustain harmony across power demarcations. We reiterate that the present administration, either as seen from the executive or legislative prism, is one government made up of one party that is committed to deliver ‘change’ to the good people of Nigeria.”